The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)

Olsen, Yngvild (Medical Director, Medical Director, Institutes for Behavior Resources)|Sharfstein, Joshua M. (Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement and Professor of the Practice in Health and Policy Management, Vice Dean for Publi

ISBN 10: 0190916028 / ISBN 13: 9780190916022

Editore: Oxford University Press Inc, 2019

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&Uumlber den AutorYngvild Olsen, MD, MPH, is Medical Director of the Institutes for Behavior Resources, Inc., a comprehensive addiction treatment center in Baltimore City. She is the current Vice President and former Ch.

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• Titolo: The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
• Editore: Oxford University Press Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0190916028
• ISBN 13: 9780190916022
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

An incisive, essential guide to understanding one of today's most urgent -- and complex -- problems.

The opioid epidemic is responsible for longest sustained decline in U.S. life expectancy since the time of World War I and the Great Influenza. In 2017, nearly 50,000 Americans died from an opioid overdose - with an estimated 2 million more living with opioid addiction every day.

The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know is an accessible, nonpartisan overview of the causes, politics, and treatments tied to the most devastating health crisis of our time. Its comprehensive approach and Q&A format offer readers a practical path to understanding the epidemic from all sides. This includes:

· the basic science of opioids
· the nature of addiction
· the underlying reasons for the opioid epidemic
· effective approaches to helping individuals, families, communities, and national policy
· myths and common misunderstandings related to opioid addiction

Written by two expert physicians and enriched with stories from their experiences in the crosshairs of this epidemic, this book is a critical resource for any general reader -- and for the individuals and families fighting this fight in their own lives.

Informazioni sull?autore

Yngvild Olsen, MD, MPH, is Medical Director of the Institutes for Behavior Resources, Inc., a comprehensive addiction treatment center in Baltimore City. She is the current Vice President and former Chair for Public Policy of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Olsen consults with governments and healthcare organizations on implementing evidence-based clinical care programs for opioid use disorder. In addition to caring for patients with complex substance use disorders and other medical conditions, she has written and lectured extensively on the opioid epidemic.


Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD, is Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement and Professor of the Practice in Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He previously served as the Health Commissioner of Baltimore City, the Principal Deputy Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the Health Secretary of the State of Maryland.